RULE OF THE ROAD 



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the fashionable hours. The rule of keeping to the right is 

 observed -by the cavalry of all nations, who are supposed to 

 pass each other, bridle hand to bridle hand. I think that 

 originally the Russian driver never had anyone alongside him 

 on the box-seat, in which case it would matter nothing 

 whether the rule of the road was that of keeping to the left or 



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FIG. 46. Shops in the Nevsky. 



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to the right. The presence of a second person on the box- 

 seat naturally makes it more convenient for the driver to pass 

 approaching traffic on the left than on the right ; because he 

 has to be to the right of his companion, so that he may have 

 freedom to use his whip. Being on the right side of the box- 

 seat, he can observe the position of the off-wheel much more 

 accurately than he can that of the near one. Russians, to 



